154 EIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



The lining of the nest was fine grass and no 

 feathers, and there were five or six young one 

 (it was difficult to count without touching the 

 nest) in fluffy down about the colour of mole 

 skin. When the herbage was moved they opened 

 their beaks, shewing crimson interiors to their 

 mouths. The food brought (by the female only 

 while we were at the nest) was green lepidop- 

 terous larvae. The situation of the nest was 

 exceedingly dark, being in the deep shadow 

 of the spruce tree, and so placed that the female 

 could slip down a trailing branch into a bramble 

 and so into the nest almost entirely unobserved. 

 (W.RC. and E.H.C.) 



(35) Phylloscopus collybita. The Chiff Chaff. 

 Arrival. 



Apr. 9 At Dunyeats, Canford Estate, after a night of 



light N.W. wind almost still. 

 Apr. 30 The customary pair at the Dew Pond, Badbury 



Rings. (E.H.C.) 

 May 20 Very much in evidence at Berewood, but quite 



silent*. (W.P.C.). 



Nesting. 



May 28 A male singing at Badbury Rings. The nest was 

 a very large one indeed, being the largest I 

 have ever seen. 



June 17 A single bird was singing in Berewood at this 

 date. 



Departure. 



July 20 Many at Badbury Rings and still singing. 

 (E.H.C.) 



* This may be doubtful, remembering W.P.C.'s deafness. EDITOR 

 OF PHEN. NOTES. 



